A fact from Whitesmith maze appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 22 August 2021 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:
Did you know... that a willow maze in Sussex, England, planted in the shape of a quotation from the Bible in the 1990s, only came to wider notice when it was spotted on Google Earth in 2013?
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... that a willow maze in Sussex, England is planted in the shape of a quotation from the bible? "Peter Gunner spent decades carefully pruning specially laid out willow cuttings which map out the words from the Bible passage John 14:6: “Jesus said to him: ‘I am the way, the truth, and the life’" from: "A-maze-ing Sussex field with message from above". The Argus. 7 February 2013. Retrieved 12 August 2021.
ALT1:... that a willow maze in Sussex, England planted in the shape of a quotation from the bible in the 1990s only came to wider notice when spotted on Google Earth in 2013? "A heavenly message which can only be read from above has remained virtually unnoticed for more than 20 years ... The message in the field has remained virtually unnoticed – bar a few comments from microlight pilots – until The Argus was alerted to it on Google Earth ... But his first attempt in the 1990s grew in a “thistly mess” – so he pulled it all up and started again." from: "A-maze-ing Sussex field with message from above". The Argus. 7 February 2013. Retrieved 12 August 2021.
Overall: Article is new enough, long enough, hook is cited and interesting. Earwig's detections were all for the quotations used in the article. Two comments: firstly I'm not sure about the page title - none of the sources in the article refer to it as 'Jesus maze' - the closest names seem to be Willow maze with biblical quotation, so I'd appreciate people's thoughts - would Whitesmith Maze be more accurate (but less catchy)? Secondly, see WP:DAILYEXPRESS - it would be great if that could be replaced in the article (I appreciate its not in either hook). Lajmmoore (talk) 08:15, 14 August 2021 (UTC)Reply
Hi Lajmmoore, thanks for your review. I hummed and hawed over the name but none of the sources named it anything. I know at least one person locally who calls it the "Jesus maze" so that's what I went with, but I am happy to move it to Whitesmith maze if you think that's more appropriate. The Express is only used to cite two facts, that Gunner mowed the design into the field first and that it measures 7 acres, neither of which I think they are likely to have made up or are controversial. I cannot replace either of these sources. If you want to delete these statements please go ahead - Dumelow (talk) 15:02, 14 August 2021 (UTC)Reply
Hi @Dumelow: - it's so tricky isn't it? Not being local, Whitesmith maze makes more sense to me from the sources, although I agree that none give it an explicit name - would Maze (Whitesmith) be better, as that sorted of avoids the "giving it a new name" scenario. The naming of things isn't my area of expertise though, so perhaps we could ask some other editors? Lajmmoore (talk) 15:59, 15 August 2021 (UTC)Reply
Hi Lajmmoore, I've moved it to Whitesmith maze for now. After a bit of reflection I think I agree that this is the best place for it, given no source names it - Dumelow (talk) 16:33, 15 August 2021 (UTC)Reply
Article is new enough, long enough, hook is cited and interesting. Earwig's detections were all for the quotations used in the article. Two comments: firstly I'm not sure about the page title - none of the sources in the article refer to it as 'Jesus maze' - the closest names seem to be Willow maze with biblical quotation, so I'd appreciate people's thoughts - would Whitesmith Maze be more accurate (but less catchy)? Secondly, see WP:DAILYEXPRESS - it would be great if that could be replaced in the article (I appreciate its not in either hook). Lajmmoore (talk) 08:15, 14 August 2021 (UTC)